Log monitoring and management

Leverage full-stack log monitoring at any scale, with a single view that delivers real-time visibility, faster troubleshooting, and unified operational insight across every environment.

Feature overview

OpManager Nexus is a full-stack log monitoring and management platform that collects, indexes, and analyzes logs from on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments in real time. It correlates log data with infrastructure metrics and application performance to accelerate root cause analysis and reduce the MTTD and MTTR. Built-in controls cover PII masking, role-based access, configurable log retention, and compliance with the GDPR, HIPAA, and the PCI DSS.

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Centralize logs across your infrastructure

Collect and consolidate logs from every source across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments onto a single platform automatically.

  • Auto-discover logs from over 100 application types the moment a server is added.
  • Collect syslog messages from Linux, UNIX, and network devices; Windows event logs, including application, system, and security event logs; and application and cloud logs on the same platform.
  • Collect cloud logs from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud alongside logs from on-premises sources in one place.
  • Bring in logs of any format using custom log types through our agents or open-source collectors like Logstash and Fluentd.
OpManager Nexus Log management dashboard showing Nginx access log activity and request details.

Real-time log monitoring across every environment

Monitor log activity in real time across every environment and catch failures, anomalies, and disruptions before they reach your users.

  • See error spikes, authentication failures, and service disruptions in real time as they happen.
  • Automatically group similar log messages to surface patterns and anomalies without manual digging.
  • Get notified the moment log collection stops for any source so nothing slips through the cracks silently.
OpManager Nexus log management dashboard for real-time monitoring of log activity, errors, and anomalies across environments.

Get to the root cause faster

Bring metrics, logs, and traces together automatically to pinpoint root causes faster and reduce the investigation time across your entire infrastructure.

  • Correlate log activity with infrastructure metrics and application performance to pinpoint root causes faster.
  • Surface the most relevant event logs automatically with AI-driven insights that identify anomaly patterns, correlate related events, and connect application errors with infrastructure issues to reduce the investigation time.
  • Fix known issues automatically by triggering IT automation actions based on recurring log patterns.
OpManager Nexus log management dashboard highlighting recurring log patterns and related events to accelerate root-cause analysis.

Search for and analyze logs at any scale

Analyze log data at any scale with a query language that supports field-level filtering, pattern matching, and custom parsing across every log source in your environment.

  • Filter, group, and query logs using a simple query language with no difficult learning curve.
  • Use natural language queries to search for logs without writing complex query syntax—just ask in plain English.
  • Extract useful information from raw log messages using derived fields and custom parsing rules.
  • Troubleshoot issues faster with the Field Explorer by instantly seeing the top five values for every log field, all in one place.
OpManager Nexus log analytics dashboard for searching, filtering, and analyzing log data across multiple sources.

Stay proactive with intelligent alerting

Detect failures, anomalies, and threshold breaches across every log source and notify the right teams instantly through your preferred channels.

  • Set alerts on any log query: count-based, trend-based, or when unexpected log data starts arriving after a predefined time window.
  • Get predefined alerts for every supported log type out of the box, with no manual setup needed.
  • Route notifications to Slack, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams, and more, or automatically create and close tickets in ServiceDesk Plus, ServiceNow, and Jira, with the alert context and device details populated automatically.
OpManager Nexus dashboard displaying intelligent log alerts, notification channels, and alert trends across monitored environments.

Secure your logs and stay audit-ready

Manage log retention and compliance from a single platform with built-in controls for data protection, audit trails, and regulatory requirements—no additional tooling needed.

  • Mask or hash PII, credit card numbers, and sensitive fields before logs ever reach the platform using predefined templates and regular-expression-based rules applied at the agent level.
  • Control access using role-based permissions scoped by the log type, application, business unit, or operational team.
  • Configure log retention (from seven to 90 days), with extended storage add-ons available (from six months to five years) for long-term audit and compliance requirements.
  • Meet GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS requirements with secure retention, audit trails, and on-demand re-indexing.
OpManager Nexus log management dashboard displaying masked sensitive data and secure access controls for compliance and audit readiness.

Frequently asked questions

1. What is centralized log management?

Centralized log management is the practice of collecting logs from every source—servers, applications, cloud environments, and network devices—onto a single platform for unified searching, analysis, and alerting. It eliminates the need to switch between tools and reduces the time to detect and resolve issues.

2. What log sources does OpManager Nexus support?

OpManager Nexus supports over 100 log sources by default, including syslog, Windows events, Apache, IIS, MySQL, and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Logs from custom sources are collected through our agent, and open-source collectors like Logstash and Fluentd are also supported.

3. How does log retention work in OpManager Nexus?

Retention is configurable (from seven to 90 days), with extended storage add-ons available (up to five years). Archived logs can be re-indexed on demand for audits or historical analysis.

4. How does OpManager Nexus help meet GDPR and HIPAA compliance requirements?

OpManager Nexus supports compliance through PII masking at the agent level, role-based access control, configurable retention from seven to 90 days with extended storage for up to five years, and audit trails with on-demand re-indexing. GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS requirements are covered without additional tooling.

5. What is the difference between log monitoring and log management?

Log monitoring is the real-time detection of issues: watching for errors and anomalies as they happen. Log management is the broader discipline of collecting, indexing, storing, and retaining log data over time. OpManager Nexus handles both from a single platform.

6. How is OpManager Nexus deployed for log collection?

Log collection uses a lightweight agent installed on Windows and Linux servers. Cloud logs from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud require no agent; they connect directly. The supported Linux distributions include Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Red Hat, Oracle Linux, Amazon Linux, and SUSE.

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